Ellyssa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Ellyssa by the numbers
Ellyssa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ellyssa
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ellyssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elyssanoble; a form of Alyssa or Elizabeth94 in the US (2017)
- Elissanoble; a form of Elise or Elizabeth164 in the US (2017)
- Elysiafrom elysium, blissful place; a form of Elyse20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellyanamy god is yahweh; a form of Eliana76 in the US (2017)
- Ellysonson of Elly; Elly is form of Eleanor23 in the US (2017)
- Ellysegod's oath; a form of elizabeth or elyse20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ellyssa
Names that are said the same way as Ellyssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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